Bowl and urinal cleaning mop



Jan. 5, 1960 R. 5. TURNER BOWL AND URINAL CLEANING MOP Filed Jan. 23,1957 INVENTOR Roscoe 6. Turner ATTORNEY United States Patent BOWL ANDURINAL CLEANING MOP Roscoe S. Turner, Jackson Heights, NY.

Application January 23, 1957, Serial No. 635,904

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-136) This invention relates to a cleaning appliance andmore particularly to a mop for cleaning toilet bowls and urinals and itconsists in the constructions, arrangements and combinations hereindescribed and claimed.

It is the cardinal object of the invention to provide a. mop constructedfrom a soft pliable material such as sponge rubber which may be readilysaturated with a suitable solvent and disinfectant, the mop being soconstructed as to provide a cleaning face which is formed at an obtuseangle with one face of the mop and at an angle to the face oppositethereto, thus providing a relatively sharp edge enabling the engagementof the mop in remote or hard to reach crevices, while the flat faces ofthe mop are employed to clean broad surfaces such as the bowl or urinalper se.

Additional objects, advantages and features of invention will beapparent from the following description considered in conjunction withthe accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cleaning implement.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of a toilet bowl,illustrating the mop in one of its positions of use.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the mop as applied to dispensingcontainers.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through the mop illustrating the manner ofconnecting a discharge nipple within the mop, and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 illustrating one use of the mopof Fig. 3.

Reference is first made to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing wherein a mopis shown consisting of a mop head 11 of substantially rectangularformation, into a flat face 12 of which a manipulating handle 13 issecured. The flat face 12 of the mop is preferably formed with a bore 14of a diameter to firmly grip the handle, but in addition a suitablewaterproof cement may be employed in the securement of the handle in themop head.

The mop head 11 is formed from a soft pliable material, such as spongerubber, and is provided with a cleaning surface 15 which is disposed atan obtuse angle to the surface 12. By thus forming the face 15, arelatively sharp edge 16 is formed enabling this edge to be manipulatedinto remote crevices and surfaces of a "ice bowl or urinal as shown inFigure 2; and since the mop head 11 will be saturated with a solvent anddisinfectant all surfaces contacted will be thoroughly cleaned anddeordorized.

In the form shown in Figures 3 to 5, the shape of the mop head is thesame as first described and corresponding parts are identified by primedreference characters, but the handle 13 is replaced by a compressibledispensing container 17, and in order that this container may be securedto the mop head 11, a T-shaped liquid discharge nipple 18 is embeddedmedially in the head 11, said nipple having a threaded extension 19 forsecurement to the nozzle 20 of the receptacle. It will be noted that thenipple 18 which is located interiorly of the mop head, has oppositelydisposed discharge openings 21 so that upon application of pressure uponthe receptacle 17, cleaning and disinfectant liquids will thoroughlysaturate the mop head.

In use of the cleaning implement, it will be understood that whencleaning crevices such as are inherent under the rim of a bowl of toiletfixtures, the obtuse cleaning portion of the mop is presented into thecrevice and light pressure applied to" discharge the disinfectant fromthe mop head, the latter being given a circular motion around the rimall surfaces will be thoroughly cleaned and de-odorized. Any of the fiatfaces of the mop are employed to clean and de-odorize the bowl proper.

While I have shown and described preferred forms of the mop, this is byway of illustration only, and I consider as my own, all suchmodifications in construction as fairly fall within the scope of theappended claim.

I claim:

An appliance for cleaning toilet bowls, urinals and the like comprisinga mop head of pliable sponge rubber, said mop head having flat cleaningfaces and a cleaning face disposed at an obtuse angle to one of saidflat cleaning faces and at an acute angle to a face opposite theretoproviding a relatively sharp edge enabling presentation of said sharpedge into remote crevices and surfaces of a toilet bowl and urinal, aT-shaped nipple embedded medially of said mop head, said nipple havingoppositely disposed discharge openings, said nipple further having athreaded extension exteriorly of said mop head and a compressiblereceptacle secured to said extension.

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